Yes. Research shows that IBS symptoms are closely linked to the brain–gut connection. Gut–Mind Therapy™ combines CBT and Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy to calm the nervous system, reduce gut sensitivity, and retrain your stress response — which can significantly reduce flare-ups, urgency, bloating, and IBS-related anxiety.

Most clients begin with the 6-session Gut–Mind Program, which is designed to reduce flare frequency, urgency, and anxiety-linked gut reactivity.

For many people, this creates significant and lasting improvement.

If symptoms have been present for some time, or anxiety is strongly embedded in the gut response, additional sessions can help consolidate and strengthen change.

While individual needs vary, most clients find that between 6–12 sessions is sufficient to achieve stable, sustainable improvement. Some choose occasional follow-up sessions for ongoing support.

We review progress together and adjust the plan based on your response.

We review progress together and decide on next steps based on your individual response.

The goal is steady, sustainable improvement - not just short-term relief.

No. This approach is not a diet program. You can continue to follow your usual eating patterns. Gut–Mind Therapy™ focuses on calming your nervous system and retraining the gut-brain response, which often helps reduce food anxiety and improve tolerance naturally over time.

Yes. Gut–Mind Therapy™ is suitable for all IBS subtypes, including IBS-D (diarrhoea-dominant), IBS-C (constipation-dominant), and mixed presentations. The program focuses on the underlying stress-gut cycle that affects every subtype, helping reduce urgency, pain, bloating, and digestive unpredictability.

Many clients begin noticing changes within 2–4 sessions. Some feel relief even sooner as their nervous system settles and their gut becomes less reactive.

Long-term improvements typically continue to build week by week as the new brain–gut patterns strengthen.

Yes — it is the important but of the success of the programs, but they are simple, supportive, and designed to fit easily into your day.

You’ll receive short practices to help regulate your nervous system, reinforce new gut–brain patterns, and strengthen the work we do together.
These tools typically take only a few minutes and help accelerate your progress between sessions.

Online sessions work exactly the same as in person — research shows gut-directed hypnotherapy is equally effective via Zoom.

Each session combines Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy, Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy, and evidence-based mind–body tools.
You remain awake, aware, and in full control the entire time.

This is not a trance-based approach.
You are guided through structured therapeutic exercises, gentle hypnotic rehearsal, CBT reframing, and nervous-system calming techniques designed specifically for IBS.

Clients often describe sessions as “deeply calming” and “clear-headed,” not trance-like.

No. You can begin the program whether you have a formal diagnosis or not.

Many people experience ongoing gut symptoms, urgency, bloating, or disrupted digestion without a confirmed diagnosis.
If your symptoms are consistent with IBS or are stress-sensitive, Gut–Mind Therapy™ can help.

If I feel you require medical assessment, I will guide you accordingly.

Gut–Mind Therapy™ works alongside — not instead of — medical or nutritional support.

If you’re dealing with food sensitivities, SIBO, reflux, or other digestive concerns, this program helps calm the stress-gut loop that often amplifies symptoms, even when the root cause is physical.

Many clients come to me after completing low-FODMAP, seeing GI specialists, or addressing SIBO.
Even when food or microbiome issues are present, the gut–brain connection is still highly involved — and that’s where this work becomes transformative.

You are not alone — most of my clients felt the same way before starting.

Hypnotherapy for IBS is one of the most well-researched interventions, with clinically significant results even in clients who didn’t improve with diet changes, medications, or supplements.

This program retrains the gut–brain connection directly, rather than treating symptoms at the surface.
Many people finally experience lasting change once they calm the stress–gut loop and rebuild confidence in their body.

Yes. This program works safely alongside all medical care, including GI specialists, dietitians, and GP monitoring.

Gut–Mind Therapy™ is not a replacement for medical assessment, but an evidence-based therapeutic approach that supports the gut–brain connection, reduces stress-driven flares, and improves overall digestive stability.

Many clients work with me while also undergoing medical testing or following a treatment plan.

Gut–Directed Hypnotherapy research shows long-term benefits lasting 5 years or more.

As your gut–brain connection becomes calmer and more resilient, flare-ups reduce, predictability improves, and confidence returns.
The strategies you learn become part of your daily life, supporting ongoing digestive and emotional stability.

This program is ideal for people whose gut symptoms are triggered or worsened by stress, worry, or anxiety.

CBT + Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy directly addresses:

• urgency triggered by anxiety

• fear of being far from a bathroom

• panic around meals or social situations

• anticipatory anxiety about flares

You’ll learn how to retrain your nervous system so your gut is no longer reacting to stress signals the same way.

Yes - but children and teenagers work with me through a specialised Teen Gut–Mind Program, designed specifically for children and young people.

Teens often experience stress-sensitive digestion, school-related anxiety, morning gut symptoms, and a strong gut response before exams or social situations. They usually progress very quickly with this approach.

The Teen Program uses the same Gut–Mind Therapy™ principles but is fully adapted to their age, emotional development, and daily routines, helping them feel calmer, more confident, and more in control of their gut responses.

You can still attend.

Sessions are designed to support you whether you’re having a good day or a difficult one.
Many clients report that attending a session during a flare actually helps reduce the stress response and restore calm more quickly.

There is no pressure to “be okay” before you arrive — your symptoms are part of what we work on together.